Today starts the announcements of this year's Nobel Prize winners. The Nobel Prize is a set of annual international awards bestowed in a number of categories by Swedish and Norwegian committees in recognition of cultural and/or scientific advances. Swedish inventor Alfred Nobel's will established the prizes in 1895. The prizes in Physics, Chemistry, Physiology or Medicine, Literature, and Peace were first awarded in 1901. Some people have received more than one Nobel Prize.
Nobel Prize for the brain's GPS discovery BBC - October 6, 2014
The Nobel Prize for physiology or medicine has been awarded to three scientists who discovered the brain's "GPS system".
True or false: How well do you know Nobel Prizes? PhysOrg - October 6, 2014
Nobel season is upon us. On Monday, the Nobel Prize judges will begin a series of daily announcements revealing this year's winners. To help avoid any embarrassing water-cooler faux pas, here's a true-or-false guide to the prizes created in 1895 by Swedish industrialist Alfred Nobel - the world's most famous awards besides the Oscars.
